We would like to wish all you a restful and relaxing Thanksgiving Break filled with joy and time well spent with family, friends and pets! Safe travels to all who are journeying and we look forward to seeing you back on Monday, November 27th.

For now, we have just a few brief updates and reminders for you to review.

Topics Include:

• Semester Important Calendar Dates: Holidays, Wednesdays, Final Exams
• What's Happening: Vote for CDO's Green Machine!, After-school Tutoring, CDO 2024 Winter Formal, Diamonds in the Desert Car Show, Class of 2024 Info
• Did You Know: Special Olympics Bowling Tournament, CDO Varsity Pomline, Early Childhood - CDO Preschool
• Message from the Health Office
• Athletic Updates
• Club Updates
• CDO Counseling Team

Thank you for all that you do to support your Dorado this school year!

• November 22 - 24: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL (3 DAYS)
  
• December 20 & 21: Semester 1 Final Exams
• December 22: Grading Day - NO SCHOOL (1 DAY)
• December 25 - January 5, 2024: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL (10 DAYS)

Please remember that we do not have Early Out Wednesday 3 times during the year! They are: 9/6, 11/8 and 1/17.

• Semester 1 Final Exams will be administered Wednesday, December 20th and Thursday, December 21st. Please be aware that we do not give early exams.

• Students who are going to be absent must have their request for late final exams pre-approved by their teacher and grade-level administrator.

• Students must pick up a "Late Final Exam Request" form from the Principal's Office with Ms. Karri Johnson.

• We understand that students may miss school due to illness and we are happy to assist with any needed make-up exams once the student is well enough to return to school.

• In order to maintain a positive and fair testing environment for students, we expect all students to remain in the classroom for the entire exam period. The front office will not call into a classroom or interrupt exams to dismiss any students from class prior to the bell.

• Thank you in advance for your cooperation in ensuring that all of our students are able to complete their exams.

• Friday, December 22nd is a grading day and no school for students.
• Winter Break is December 22nd - January 5th.
• Semester 2 starts on Monday, January 8th.

Please help our own Green Machine Marching Band in the Inaugural Metallica Marching Band Competition!! We need your votes 🙂 Click the below link to view our video submission and see a portion of our show, and support the Marching Arts for our school and state...we are one of two AZ high schools that submitted across the nation (Casteel HS is the other). If you view from your phone you can click the yellow vote button and submit that way. If you view from your computer, you can text: #HSCANYONORO to 833-609-0330 to vote 🙂

https://www.metallicamarchingband.com/submissions/high-school

• WHEN: 12/2/23, 7PM - 11PM
• WHERE: Tucson Convention Center
• TICKETS: $50
• only 800 available
• Selling to CDO students only: 11/8 - 11/30
• Selling to Non CDO Students: 11/20 - 11/30
• guest forms must be filled out prior to ticket purchase (guest forms can be found in front office)
• REMINDERS: Students must have their ID & ticket to enter the dance. It must be a physical ID & ticket (not a photo) or students will not be permitted to enter. NO exceptions.

We are proud to announce that we will be hosting the 3rd annual Diamonds in the Desert car show at the Tucson Mall on Saturday March 2nd, 2024. You can fill out your registration online or mail it in. First 100 registrants will receive a dash plaque and the first 150 will be guaranteed a goody bag. Students will be designing new trophies for the 2024 car show and we are working on many surprises for the show. Come support our programs and our future automotive technicians.

Senior Dedications: Parents of seniors. If you would like to have a senior dedication in the back of the CDO Yearbook this year you can use the following link and school code to create that.

• Here is the link: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/
  
• School code is: 12515
• The pricing is as follows:
• 1/8 page ad $35
• 1/4 page ad $65
• 1/2 page ad $110
• Full page ad $220

Thank you,

The 2024 CDO Yearbook Team

13 CDO Unified athletes and partners participated in the Special Olympics Area Bowling competition on 11/17. Everyone medaled and had a great time. Shout out to Travis at Chic-fil-A on Oracle for our complimentary lunches afterwards.

The CDO Varsity Pomline competed at the UDA Desert Southwest Regional competition this past weekend and received 1st place in Varsity Intermediate Pom, 2nd Place in Varsity Intermediate Jazz, and 5th place in Varsity Game Day. They also qualified for the National Dance Team Championship with all three routines!!

In honor of the 25th anniversary of CDO Preschool, Early Childhood will be collecting items for "Cake Kits" to donate to the food bank. We need box cake mix, tubs of shelf stable frosting, small bottles of vegetable oil and cake pans of all sizes. We won't say no to sprinkles either!

November 30th, the health office, with help from the Lions Club, will be completing mass vision screens for all 9th graders. If you do not want your student to be screened, opt-out forms are available in the health office and must be completed. Please contact the health office with any questions.

The Fall season is coming to a close! Our Fall programs have had amazing success this year!

• CDO's Football team continues to have an UNDEFEATED SEASON with the first playoff game of the state competition taking place on Thursday, November 9th. The Dorados took the victory after 4 hard-fought overtimes to move themselves into the State Semifinal playoff game. CDO will host again this Friday, November 24th! (details below)

Winter Season has started! Winter season sports include:

• Boys' & Girls' Basketball
• Boys' & Girls' Soccer
• Boys' & Girls' Wrestling

This is an official AIA event, CDO Athletic passes will not be accepted. Everyone must have an online ticket.

CDO has over 60 clubs for students to join throughout the year. Take a look below at our latest list for the 2023-2024 school year. You can click the image for a better view.

Tara Bulleigh, Principal

Canyon del Oro High School

An International Baccalaureate World School

Office: (520) 696-5565

Email: tbulleigh@amphi.com
Website: https://www.amphi.com/CDO
Location: 25 West Calle Concordia, Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone: 5206965560
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDOHighSchool
Twitter: @CdOHighSchool